Category: Seattle

  • KPNW October 24, 2024

    No, we’re not talking about the Eugene talker at 1110, we’re talking about the FM at 98.9, which picked up the KPNW calls in February 2022 when the station attempted a run at AAA which lasted only 14 months. I don’t have any of that station, but the station then returned to country with the…

  • KNUC January 24, 2019

    I’m not entirely sure why I recorded this, but it’s a good thing I did, as it’s the only aircheck I have of this station. Some stations just fit together, and this was one of them. When 98.9 flipped from rock to country, it was done so incredibly abruptly, something I still can’t get over.…

  • KVRQ July 1, 2016

    As promised last week, this week we have a much higher quality aircheck of Seattle’s at the time new Rock 98.9. The station would eventually staff up and abruptly change imaging voices, but I don’t have any tape of that. Next week, I’ll be back the day after Christmas with the station a year or…

  • KVRQ June 16, 2016

    I’m not sure how I forgot that I had airchecks of this short-lived rock station, but here’s the first. It’s probably because neither of them came out how I intended. The quality of this one is less than ideal because it was recorded on an old cassette I had lying around, and they are both…

  • KLCK January 14, 2014

    Last week, we heard Click 98.9, still under its old KWJZ calls, shortly after launching the Click format. This week, we’re taking a listen to how the station has evolved since then. Throughout its 6+ year run, the format was tweaked multiple times, until it was eventually given up on. Next week, we’ll hear the…

  • KWJZ January 7, 2011

    The Smooth Jazz format had been declining for years by late December 2010. It was then that Seattle’s smooth jazz station, KWJZ, flipped to Modern AC Click 98.9 two days after Christmas without warning. I was told by a friend later that members of the station’s loyal listener club did receive an email on the…

  • KYPT April 23, 2003

    Today, it’s the second in our two installments of 80s hits 96.5 The Point KYPT Seattle. About the only two differences between this aircheck and the one posted last week are that this one is hosted and the CNN Radio updates are gone.

  • KYPT April 6, 2003

    It must have been Spring 2000 when we discovered 96.5 had flipped from Young Country to 80s hits as 96.5 The Point. What I do remember is that at age six, I thought the new KYPT was much better than the 50s/60s oldies on KBSG. The station would remain a favorite for a couple of…

  • KJEB October 25, 2024

    This week, we finish up our listen to the 95.7 frequency in Seattle. The calls on the station changed in March 2022 when iHeart moved the sports format that had been on KJR-AM to 93.3, with that station taking on the KJR-FM call letters, while 95.7 was renamed KJEB. I heard this station a lot…

  • KJR July 13, 2015

    If you listened to last week’s aircheck, you’ll notice that the audio got extremely distorted towards the end of the clip. I’m not really sure how that happened, but this clip was recorded a week later to see if I could get a clip that didn’t have any of that distortion.